Saturday Firsts!

Alexis was finally deemed old enough to drive the lawn tractor by herself. She is delighted! (And we're glad for someone else to help keep this place mowed! We do our place and John's, and that's a LOT of lawn.)




And Ethan worked the bobcat with our neighbor, John, for the first time. John even gave Ethan the controls for a bit! Clint and I could tell because as they were going down John's driveway for another load of dirt, the bucket started going up and down kind of erratically, and the steering was a little funky. Not much, just enough for us to know that it wasn't John's smooth, practiced hand at the controls! Does it get ANY better than this for a two-year-old boy?!

Zin Zin Zin a Violin . . . (Recital, That Is)

Alexis performed Minuet 2 by Bach at her Spring Recital on May 21, 2010. It was a duet with her teacher, Julia Parker. Alexis has worked really hard this past six months and made some real jumps in her abilities since her fall recital. We're so proud of her for sticking with it (and since I'm the one who practices with her, I can appreciate how difficult the violin really is! I mean, I don't have to hold the piano a certain way, I don't have to "find" the notes on the piano . . . you DO have to do those things with the violin and it complicates things!)

Anyway, great job. We love hearing you play!

THS Class of 2010

"You have brains in your head. You have feet in your shoes. You can steer yourself any direction you choose. You're on your own. And you know what you know. And YOU are the one who'll decide where to go..." — Dr. Seuss (Oh, the Places You'll Go!)

Congratulations Shannon! We are all so proud of you and the woman you've become. Your future is so bright, we can't wait to see what amazing things you'll do next.

"Don't wait for the world to get you... YOU go get the world"-Anonymous

Staying Cool In Corpus

The kids hate our NEW POOL, "It's to small" they say, so Todd decided to go have a little fun with the twins, and as you can tell the whole gang then thought it was FUN!!!

Pictures of the House

Front of the house before I put in flower beds and removed the nasty attempt at a circular flower bed in the middle of the yard.

Here is what it looks like now!

Back yard.

Texas Warner Family 7

The CEO of the Aquarium took this picture for us!

Wyatt and the "Killer" Lesser Ant-eater

After Grant got selected we thought our day of fun was over. Then at the bird exhibit, Wyatt got selected to open the cage on a ferocious Killer Lesser ant-eater.

They tried to psych him out!

He had to put on heavy leather gloves, and safety glasses!

They made lots of screaming noises, and banged the cage.

They told him to say his last good-byes!

He was waiving good-bye to all of us.

Then this is what came out!?

Wyatt had a blast feeding it peanut butter.

It was a great day!!!

Memorial Day Activities

We went to the Texas State Aquarium and Grant got picked to participate. He got to give the dolphins some commands.

He was told what to do and!

The trainer got out of the way.

And he was told he would get just a little wet!

This is what he got!

Just a LITTLE WET!!!

Uncle Karl's babysitting service

Brynleigh LOVES Uncle Karl.

But the dogs hate when she comes over.

She kicks them out of their spots.

RJ's Prom Pictures April 10, 2010

Gus flirting with the girls @ the icecream shop

Summer days!

Just a little teaser. The weather is GORGEOUS in New Hampshire. We went to the local lake and played in the water yesterday. After we went and got ice cream. Gus was convinced there were "WHALES" in the water.

Happy Birthday Jonesy

Hope #28 is Great!

Congrats Jackie

Congratulations to

Jackie

She just received her

Associates Degree

from

Utah State University!

Way to go, all of your hard work has paid off!

We are all so proud of you!